Chika Mirei
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| Honorific prefix | Ex. |
| Honorific suffix | Dr. MSc. BSc. BSc. |
| Native name | ちか みれい |
| Native name lang | きりさきどってる ちか みれい |
| Pronunciation | tʃiː'kɑː mɪ'reɪ |
| Birth name | Mirei Kirisakidotter av Kakuri |
| Birth date | "27/1" 7581 |
| Birth place | Toshi-bu, Kakuri stift, Vittmark |
| Death date | "27/7" 7666 |
| Death place | Kyusigai, Shuuen, Sokoku |
| Death cause | Heart failure |
| Resting place | Toshi-bu, Mirei, Sokoku |
| Nationality | Vittmarker, Sokokan |
| Other names | Koga |
| Citizenship | Vittmarker, Sokokan |
| Education | Östervallen University, B.Sc. in |
| Alma mater | Östervallen University, M.Sc. |
| Philosopher, politician | |
| Years active | 7600-7666 |
| Known for | Founding mother of Sokoku |
| Notable works | Constitution of Sokoku |
| Height | 165 cm |
| Movement | Mireism |
| Mother | Kirisaki no Nokomo Nobuno av Kakuri |
| Father | Palne Kristersson herr till Fjällsta av Blåkulla |
| Relatives | Queen Tovemor (half sister), Queen Iduna (half sister) |
Exemplar Chika Mirei (ちか みれい in Bahaso and Kakuri) is a statesperson and philosopher from Sokoku and generally revered as the founding mother of that nation state. Her work and actions have been deemed as critical in the success of the federative republic formed from an unlikely combination of former Anarian colonies. As the daughter of mixed native (Kakuri) and Vittmarker nobility, she had the opportunity to get a thorough education, which she then applied in the decolonisation process of southern Altaia. The current political system of Sokoku, Mireism, is named after her; as well as the member state of Mirei that bears her given name.
Early life
Chika Mirei was born early 7581 in the Kakuri settlement of Toshi-bu as the second daughter of the then current leader Kirisaki of the Nokumo Nobono and a unknown father. Given the fact that Kirisaki had the title Baroness of Kakuri awarded by Queen Anna of Vittmark and Mirei was registered at Fjällsta Stift, she automatically received Vittmarker citizenship. It was only after her death in 7666 that the name of her father was made public, he was none other than Palne Kristersson, at the time of birth married to Queen Anna.
At age 16 Mirei moved to Vittmark for academic studies. She graduated from the same private school as her half sister Iduna and half brothers Asvard and Kolgard. It is speculated that Queen Anna was fully aware of Mirei's fathership. She received a bachelor's degree in international economics in 7599 and in national law in 7600, after which she started a master's education in international law, specialising on Orkanan jurisprudence.
State builder
In 7604 she was hastily called back by the Nokumo Nobono to apply her knowledge locally. The unlikely coalition of Fisks and Kakuri had tipped the balance in the ongoing civil war in Schangtienrand (now Shuuen) which required basic state principles for the liberated areas. Mirei quickly formulated a draft for a declaration of independence called Gekibu and a set-up for regional government. One of her more controversial recommendations was not to demolish the Häverist urbanates of Schlung and Neuwelsen, but to use the half completed structures as a basis for a new capital and port city respectively. Due to her young age, her mother Kirisaki presented these ideas as proposals from the Kakuri leadership.
When the Iztomal population of Bowersland on the Altaian south coast asked for assistance from Shuuen, Fisks and Kakuri to liberate them from Hallish rule, Mirei drafted an outline for a multi-ethnic confederation as general outline for the decolonisation process. She detailed and revised the model parallel to building up the new nation state, that received the name Renpo Sokoku no Tsuki. She deliberately weaved in the legacy of the at that time more hypothetical Tsuki civilization as a predecessor to Kakuri culture as a common denominator that acknowledged the central role of the rather small Kakuri community in state affairs.
At age 36, Mirei was acknowledged as the architect of Sokoku as a nation state. She remained however more or less out of the public eye while extending the state model and adapting it to also include Aspasia and Neusüdentor. Her strength was listening in points of view and opinions of several shareholders and combine them in a common outline. But from this time on, she became more pro-active in negotiations and mediations. She was consulted regularly by consecutive presidents and prime ministers, but never held any official role or public office herself. She did not even renounce her Vittmarker citizenship when all Nubugaru residents of Fisks and the Kakuri community received the new Sokokan citizenship, she held her double nationality up until close to her death in 7666. Her most important publications are the draft for the Constitution of Sokoku in 76XX and her doctorate publication "XX" presented at Siutton University in Talpå and Shuuen State University in Kyusigai. Mirei published her major works only in Wortsproke (only having basic knowledge of Bahaso), except for some minor essays in Kakuri.
Private life
Chika Mirei married with Furuta Norio, who functioned as her assistant and practical aide during her entire career. The couple got two children, a son called Saiki and a daughter called Emi, both carrying the unusual Nokakuri family name. When the Kakuri people started registering names according to the Sokokan standards, most descendents of the Nokumo Nobono chose Nokakuri which reflects the av Kakuri noble title they received during the Vittmarker era.
One of the reasons why Chika Mirei never held any public office was that she gave the impression of behaving socially awkward. At a younger age, when she supported her mother in her political career, she kept in the background, hardly speaking herself. She avoided having to shake hands and eye contact in general. She displayed repetitive behaviour, for example her trademark way of entering a room. With the current knowledge, Chika Mirei showed many symptoms of a higher degree of autism disorder spectrum, but she was never diagnosed as such during her lifetime. It would explain why she went to college in Vittmark at a relative young age, displaying a combination of high intelligence and ADS.
During a certain stage in her life, she went by the nickname Koga which in general means something between "she who is in herself as an individual" and "naive child". However, she only allowed people nearby to use that nickname. She only had a very few close friends an tried to avoid public meetings with large crowds. She refused to give speeches and only gave oral accounts in the form of dialogue or small group discussion in front of an audience. Her typical behaviour led to an increased aura of an intelligent, wise and benign person. It was only outside Sokoku that her typical appearance led to discomfort and disrespect. To a lesser extent she was at the receiving end of many jokes depicting her as a retarded person representing a retarded country.
This however only added to her status domestically. Her assumed, post-mortal ADS diagnosis led to the word chika starting to get used as a badge of honor by (and later for) people who don't show neurotypical behaviour in Altaia, D'Runia and Davai. The term is slowly gaining ground in Anarian languages at the moment as well.
Final phase and legacy
In 7664 Mirei became severely ill, upon which she had to move from Nushuradawa on Carls Island to a medical facility in Kyusigai. She died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her closest family, in 7666. For the first time in the history of Sokoku, a state funeral was organised. Mirei's remains were moved to a final resting place in Toshi-bu unannounced shortly after.
One year after her death, local politicians proposed to change the name of Sokoku's smallest member state to Mirei in her honour. The change was carried out at the New Year of 7668. At her 100th birthday, a Sokokan delegation travelled to Blåkulla in Vittmark to have her registered as an Orkanan Exemplar. In 7690 this procedure was repeated at Herrkulla, resulting in Chika Mirei officially becoming an Exemplar within the Mellanhand and Peratolian congregations.